If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
HENRIK IBSENOh, yes–you can shout me down, I know! But you cannot answer me. The majority has might on its side–unfortunately; but right it has not.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
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Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.
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A thousand words can’t make the mark a single deed will leave.
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Nobody can put a character on paper without – at any rate in part and at times – sitting as a model for it himself.
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It’s a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty.
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What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
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Everything that I have written is closely related to something that I have lived through.
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The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
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The devil is compromise.
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Every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.
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Oh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I need so much to have someone to live for.
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To live is to war with trolls.
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Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
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